摘要 |
<p>A character input device includes: a display for displaying a plurality of character candidates for an input character; a use frequency database that accumulates, for each character, a first character use frequency of use as first character and a successive use frequency of at least one character used in succession to the character; a first character extractor that extracts a highly-ranked predetermined number of frequently-used characters used frequently as first character, based on first character use frequencies of respective characters; a successive use frequency extractor that extracts, for at least one frequently-used character, the successive use frequency of at least one character used in succession to the frequently-used character; and a display controller that displays the predetermined number of frequently-used characters as arranged in a center on the display and displays the characters other than frequently-used characters as arranged around the frequently-used characters, based on the successive use frequencies.</p> |